acute

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In India, facing an acute cooking-oil shortage, the government wants to expand the natural-gas network, a buildout that could boost LNG demand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Her seven-year-old daughter Gracie had over two years of treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, after she was diagnosed at the age of three.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

The issue has especially acute significance today, not merely because of the Iran war.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

So acute was the situation that Albuquerque had a neighborhood, the International District, a rival to Los Angeles’ Skid Row or San Francisco’s Tenderloin, that was locally called the War Zone.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Musicians must also respond immediately to their own sound through acute music listening ability, often coordinating with other musicians around them.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin